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the latter attacking the former with the ut- 

 hiost violence over the head and eyes, erro- 

 neously adojjfting AN IiiicisM, to bring hwi. 

 fonvard b\j driving him back; this perpetual 

 and severe discipline often rouses in the sub- 

 ject a certain kind of habitual callosity to 

 every future intervention of tenderness, and 

 renders him ever after incapable of becom- 

 ing cheerfully obedient to what he considers 

 his most inveterate enemy. 



Some horses are also brought to a certain 

 degree of starting, exceedingly dangerous, by 

 a similar and equally improper mode of treat- 

 ment ; for there can be no doubt but horses 

 that are young, or have been but little used, 

 must have some time, patience, care, and at- 

 tention bestowed to reconcile them to the 

 strange and numerous objects upon a public 

 road, before they can be expected to ap- 

 proach or pass them without sudden surprize 

 and trouble. Indeed, the great variety and 

 velocity of the different vehicles upon all the 

 populous roads, but particularly round the 

 metropolis, render it a matter of absolute 

 \vonder, how such an intinity of the highest 

 mettled horses in the kingdom should be 



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